Morning: Psalm 66; Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:11-17
This is called ‘Holy Cross Day’. But the Cross was an un-holy way to die. Some say Jesus had to
suffer and die to save us, as if God exacted this horrible price in a
kind of commercial transaction. But that feels messed up somehow.
Isn’t it that Jesus chose to accept the Cross instead of
war, or deceit, or cowardice? His choice changes everything. Choosing
not to fight injustice with injustice, Jesus changes the way we regard
and treat those who fall short of goodness, ourselves included. Jesus
makes holy the Cross, this unholy instrument of punishment and death.
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